[WRC] Monza Rally 2020

[AnttiL]

If rallies would be over 500km, we wouldnt mind couple of stage cancellations.

Yeah, and especially these short COVID-editions suffer exceptionally much from canceled stages.

BTW this is also one reason not to have marathon stages anymore. When you have to cancel one long stage (because of situation like this or stupid spectators etc), it's a bigger percentage of the whole rally

[mknight]

I totally agree that conditions are not nice. But this is, or should be, WRC. And I don't get that cancellation, if it was due snow, since everyone has known at least a week ago that there is a big big possibility for this kind of conditions. Safety is also important, but if the safety is the only point then we should consider cancelling this sport. Maybe there is something else on background, and probably there is, but this we will never find out.

COVID-19, maybe you heard about it?

I am quite sure the 3 WRC crashes in two stages before played a role as well.

This of Greensmith was posted before and as said before if the armco got trough....
https://www.facebook.com/Rallysuppor...0291346683372/

[the sniper]

If rallies would be over 500km, we wouldnt mind couple of stage cancellations.

THIS! Or even 400km. The ever decreasing length of rallies is a disaster when combined with the ever increasing risk of stage cancelations. Even 300km events are too short to lose stages... It's embarrassing, but luckily the WRC bubble lost perspective on shame years ago.

EDIT: Caveat to that being, I appreciate the Covid chaos factor this year. But it's not just this year and things will probably only get worse, because much of the organisational side of rallying loves to take the easy option nowadays.

[AnttiL]

THIS! Or even 400km. The ever decreasing length of rallies is a disaster when combined with the ever increasing risk of stage cancelations. Even 300km events are too short to lose stages... It's embarrassing, but luckily the WRC bubble lost perspective on shame years ago.

Maybe we should get some statistics on how many stages were cancelled every year I don't think it has increased that much in the latest years

[Mirek]

What would they do if someone living there got a heart attack? Wait till spring to come and get them?

The rescue vehicles should have the best tyres of them all here.

The rescue crews first and formost are not part of the rally organization, FIA or Italian ASN. If they say they can't go, for you it simply means they can't. What do you want to do with that? I can tell you that. Nothing.

[jonkka]

Maybe we should get some statistics on how many stages were cancelled every year I don't think it has increased that much in the latest years

Number or length of those stages?

[Essaj]

Btw, Scandola just set new fastest time on SS11 by 12.2 secs

[Franky]

As all the talk is about cancelations, then we are 12,58km away from giving out half the points.

[mknight]

Btw, Scandola just set new fastest time on SS11 by 12.2 secs

If it got 1 deg warmer then combined with rain and cars cleaning the road it's possible he had no snow at all.

[AnttiL]

Number or length of those stages?

- Number of all stages canceled per year
- Percentage of canceled stages per all stages run that year

(however I think red flagged stages with notional times for rest of the cars don't count as cancelled in your books)